Intercultural Perspectives Criteria
| Criteria | Capstone = 3 points | Milestone = 2 points | Benchmark = 1 point |
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| Knowledge: Cultural Self-Awareness | Recognizes new perspectives about own cultural rules and biases (e.g. not looking for sameness; comfortable with the complexities that new perspectives offer.) | Identifies own cultural rules and biases (e.g. with a strong preference for those rules shared with own cultural group and seeks the same in others.) | Shows minimal awareness of own cultural rules and biases (even those shared with own cultural group(s)) (e.g. uncomfortable with identifying possible cultural differences with others.) |
| Knowledge: Cultural Worldview Frameworks | Demonstrates deeper understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices. | Demonstrates understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices. | Demonstrates partial understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to its history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices. |
| Skills: Empathy |
Recognizes intellectual and emotional dimensions of more than one worldview and sometimes uses more than one worldview in interactions. |
Identifies components of other cultural perspectives but responds in all situations with own worldview. | Views the experience of others but does so through own cultural worldview. |
| Skills: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication | Recognizes and participates in cultural differences in verbal and nonverbal communication and begins to negotiate a shared understanding based on those differences. | Identifies cultural differences in verbal and nonverbal communication and is aware that misunderstandings can occur based on those differences but is still unable to negotiate a shared understanding. | Has some level of understanding of cultural differences in verbal and nonverbal communication; is unable to negotiate a shared understanding. |
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Attitudes: Curiosity |
Asks deeper questions about other cultures and seeks out answers to these questions. |
Asks questions about other cultures. |
States interest in learning more about other cultures. |
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Attitudes: Openness |
Begins to initiate and develop interactions with culturally different others. Begins to suspend judgment in valuing her/ his interactions with culturally different others. | Expresses openness to most, if not all, interactions with culturally different others. Has difficulty suspending any judgment in her/ his interactions with culturally different others, and is aware of own judgment and expresses a willingness to change. | Receptive to interacting with culturally different others. Has difficulty suspending any judgment in her/ his interactions with culturally different others, but is unaware of own judgment. |
1Our module is a modified version of the AAC&U Rubric for Intercultural Knowledge and Competence, available at < https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/intercultural-knowledge>.
2Research further informing this model may be accessed at https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/intercultural-knowledge.